Nursery bed



Jan 6, 1931. J. WALTER NURSERY BED Filed June 5 1929 '2 She'ets-Sheet 1 Jan 6, 1931. J WA NURSERY BED Filed June, 3. 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Jan. '6, 1931 JOSEPH WALTER, or CALUMET CITY, i LLInorsfAssrGNonmo r'nimx SfI BETZ C ME?! or HAMMOND, INDIANA, ,A-CQnP OBAIIOMOF'INDLQNAQ V nunsnnv nnn Application filed June 3,1929: Serial No. 868,098.

This invention relates to nursery beds and more particularly to those used in hospitals and other institutions fornew born infants 7 During the first twenty-four hours after; birth, an infant should lie on an incline with: its feet at a higher elevation than its head.

This position is necessary to assist the heart action and to prevent the aspiration of mucus from the trachea into the lungs by facilitating the drainage. In this position the infant is also less apt to choke after a regurgitation. After the first twenty-four hours following birth, it is frequently desirable to elevate the. childs head instead of its feet as, for instance, where it is necessary to prevent regurgitation following a feedin Nursery beds in common use consist of an upright frame, on wh ch-1s supported a re-,. movable basket. Heretofore when it is necessary to support'thebasket in an inclined position, the nurse prop'ped up one end of the basket with a blanketor some other available article.

' tion is shownin The main objectsv of thisinvention are to .1

provide a nursery bed having improved means for supporting the basket; and to provide improved supporting means of this kind which are adjustable for elevating either'end of the;

basket with respect to the bed frame.

An illustrative embodiment of this invenwherein t Figure 1 is a side elevation of an improved bed.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged horizontal section, taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, with the basket removed. r

Fig. .3 is a fragmentary section, taken on the vated positions. .Inthe form shown, each of line 33 of Fig. 2 and showing one end of the basket elevated.

Fig. 1 is a view similar to Fig. 3 but showing the opposite end of the basket elevated, Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail in section, taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3. i

In the form shown, the bed comprises a! basket 1 supported on an upright frame 2 having casters 3to permit trundling of the bed. The removable basket 1 may be made of metal bands or of any other suitable material. In the construction illustrated, the frame 2 the accompanying drawings,

s mp i es an uiipe i mfo medfga ie a 1.- secured' to upright ,legs 5, lwhich are braced by cross barsfi and a-l ong-itudinallj. extending bar :7 adjacent the-lower ,endsof t elegs.

' Securedto the angle bars 4,,are brackets 8 fo uppor inabu er P ich i p i inwardly-torprevent the-basket 1 fromcoming i into ,contactwith; th'egrim o f theframe. w

Mounted on the; -frame,rgis arigimproved basket support comprising a -p air of substan; tially parallel side sections, to which is" hinged .a pair ofv-supporti-ngmembers adapted toi'be :roeked into ositions for elevating eitherend ofr'thebas et. Y The side sections are secured-to the legs 5 on respectively ope, pos te sides of the frame 2..and,--in the form' I showm eaeh aside 3 section comprises an inner rack (bar i10-,-'an intermediate bracell and an outerbar :12.

;The.upperredges of the bars-12. are, bentin; .wardlyto formihorizontal supporting ledges w i fh a spac dr e upp cd of the bar s min. which are; formed racks 14.

Secured to; thetwo side. sections, is .a pair of centrallyloeated Pin-S115, to which-.thentwo. supporting members arehinged. I

In-the -formshown, each; of the supporting members comprises a pair of substantially parallel arms 16hinged to the pins 15 and f supporting at their free ends a crossbar 17 on which is mounted an anti-friction; roller 18 1 for supportingthebasket l. The-ends of the bar 17 project xoutwardly for engagement withthe-supporting.ledges13; v

Hingedgto each of .the supporting memadapted for-engagement with; the rack bars to retain either end ofthe-basket in various eletheretainingbrackets comprises a pair of links l9=hingedlon thebar 17 and supporting a rod20. attheirouterends. The :ends oiithe rod 20, project outwardly for engagement with the racks 14;. V

Extending rbetween, V the 7 links 19 of each supporting member, is a brace 21, which is located betweengthe'rodfll) and bar 17. The rod 20 and brace 21 of each supporting member form a suitablehandle which may be grasped in onehand for raising the bar 17 out of con-1 .bers, is substantially .U-shaped bracket I 2 ,Q I I 1,787,806

taet with the ledges 13 and for shifting the rod 20 into engagement with the desired notches of the racks. i In operation,- to support the basket 1 in a 6 horizontal position, the bars 17 are both low- 7 eredso'as to rest-on the ledges 13. When it is desired to elevate one end of the basket, the

corresponding bar 17 is raised, To-raise the Y Qbarj l7, one handof the operator is placed a underneath the [rod 201withthe palm bearing against the rod andthe tips of" the fingers V 7 bearing against the lower'face of the brace f; 21. By pressing upwardly with the fingers on the brace 21, the bar 17 is'lifted away M from the ledges 13 and the rod20 is then 'moved'inwardly' by the pressureof the palm of the hand so"asitd-move'thefends of the rod 2O'into engagement with the desired notches.

, A1thongh bnt one specifiefembodiment'of'; A J 20 this" invention has been herein shown and I l desoribed,-it will'be Understood that'numerousdetailsofthe oonstriiction'shown maybe altered or omitted without departing from "the spirit of this invention a's'defined' by the 3, following claims; Q T r J Ielaim: flf'A nursery bed'coinprisingannpright frame, apairfof arms'hinged on said frame I 'on'a horizontal axis,'a cross bar mounted on I theo-ute'r ends of said arms, a removable bed Y basket supported onsaid cross bar, racks on said frame, a substantially U-shaped bracket" hinged on said cross bar and movable into engagement with said racks for elevating said'" f" bar to raise one end of said basket, and a cross a brace securedito the-sides of saidbracket and located between said crossbar and the base of 5 said bracket, said cross brace and the base of v "saidbraeket being adapted to serve as a hanm dle for use in raising and lowering said 'oross bar. 5 I I j 3 2; In a nursery bed, an upright frame com- 7 prising supporting legs, a pair of horizontal Y a side bars secured to said'legs and disposed in substantially parallel spaced relation t'o'each other, racks'i ormed on said bars, a pair of" braces secured'to said legs and arranged on respectively oppositesides of said bars in close proximity thereto,'the upper edges of 1 said bracesextending inwardly to form hori- -"Zontal supporting ledges, "a pair of arms hinged on said bars, ahorizonta'l rod -Inounted'on the outer ends, of said arms, the ex- =tremities of said rod projecting outwardly beyond said arms and being adapted to rest upon said-supporting ledges, and a substantially U-shaped braokethinged on said arms and adapted to engage said racks for retainingr said rodin an elevated position." p igned at Hammond this 31st day of May,

' 1 JOSEPH WALTER. V 

